Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rosewater Cupcakes & a Vintage French Plate

Happy Thursday everyone! Earlier this week I realized that it's only a few weeks away from Valentine's Day. I don't know about you, but I do love "HEART" Day! :) There's something about V-Day that conjures up little images of boxed conversation hearts, roses, chocolates, and all the fun stuff that I recall from celebrating cupid's little holiday throughout my childhood. :)

So I thought I'd bake some Rosewater Cupcakes with Pale Pink Vanilla Buttercream Icing! :) {CLICK HERE for the recipes.} It was one of those last minute, "hey I want to bake something sweet days," so by the time I was done baking & frosting these, the sun was about to set; so the lighting wasn't all that great, hence some of the blurry pics {sorry!}.

Just in case some of you are wondering about my kitchen redo, I took a little break from all of that chaos this week, and decided to work on some of my favorite things to do...baking! But rest assured, I'll start resuming all of our projects this weekend. But for now, making these little delectable sweets were on my to-do list instead! :)

Rosewater Cupcakes are basically like vanilla cupcakes, but instead of adding vanilla extract, you add a dash of rosewater instead {the one used for cooking, not the artificially perfumed variety}, for that "essence of rose" flavor. You can find them at specialty food stores, but you can also find them at various ethnic stores or online as well.

You can also make "Rosewater Icing," but I opted for the basic Buttercream Frosting tinted to a pale pink hue. :)

After baking a batch, I put a few on one of my favorite vintage french transferware. I actually have quite a few of these plates at home, and just love the versatility of it. Then I placed it in a glass cake dome. Makes for a pretty presentation if you are having a few guests over.

Or perhaps you & your Valentine can have some cupcakes over a glass of bubbly {in this case, it's sparkling apple cider from Trader Joe's}. :)

What do you all have planned for Valentine's Day this year? Whatever you decide to do, be sure to have fun! :)

Thank you once again to everyone who has stopped by to message / leave me a comment, it's always greatly appreciated! In honor of my lovely friends here in blog land, and the fact that Valentine's Day is one of my favorite "holidays," - I'm going to be having a simple, Vintage-Inspired Valentine's Day Giveaway very soon. Think of course, Vintage + French, a little Victorian, and a dash of Shabby Chic. ;) So stay tuned for that. Until next time, enjoy your upcoming weekend!

XO's,
Jessie

CLICK HERE for the link to the Rosewater Cupcakes & Vanilla Buttercream Recipes.

UPDATE: If you would like a chance to win a pair of these lovely Vintage French Plates, as well as other vintage goodies, please click on the icon below for all the details! :)

86 comments:

How deliciously beautiful - how do you manage to get that frosting to look like real roses? You are very good with your hands! YOu must tell us how it's done. As for plans for V-Day - it seems so very distant yet - nothing planned so far since my limelight at the mo is a few days in London over next week.. Can't wait !

how absolutely dreamy!!!! a pink little cloud on to of a vintage beauty! oh you have out done yourself! simply gorgeous...stunning..."dreamy" thank you for sharing these with us and all the wonderful eye candy around them! applause!!!!!!

Wow, I'm really impressed with your icing skills! I made some butterfly cakes last week, and my icing was pitiful in comparison. It was the first time I'd used an icing piper though, so hopefully I'll improve :-) Thanks so much for visiting my blog btw, its greatly appreciated x

You are very talented with your cake decorating. (I remember from a previous post.)You have outdone yourself with the elegant soft rose like icing! Just beautiful! This is such a wonderful kitchen story to share! Thank you!~Lynne[w/L]

Thank you kind friends for all the sweet comments, it truly makes my day. :) In case you want to know how to make the rose frosting, just use a "2D Tip," hold your piping bag at a 90 degree angle, start from the center and just go in about 3 circles around. And literally, it makes the roses just so. :) I'll create a page later and post a link to the recipes in case anyone is interested. Happy Thursday everyone! :)

Hello everyone! Thank you again for your sweet & thoughtful comments, I appreciate each & every one. In regards to the rosewater, the original recipe calls for only 1/2 teaspoon of rosewater. However, it really depends on the quality of your rosewater. If you use a cheaper brand, it's more diluted {wouldn't recommend} so you'd definitely have to use more in order to really notice the "rose essence." How much you put in your batch is "to taste."

This is from a specific recipe book that I have - I will post the recipe in one of my pages and create a link on this blog post once I have it done! I usually post the recipes/tutorial right on the blog post, but I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in it. :) So I will try to post it as soon as I can! Hope this helps. :)

Your pale pink cupcakes look so pretty! I love how you put the icing on, it looks yummy! I haven't baked much since the holidays so maybe I will have to this weekend. I'm putting my painting on hold this weekend, too.Sounds like you are preparing a giveaway right up my alley! I can't wait to see what you do!

Hi Sweet Friend,Oh those cupcakes look just delicious and almost way too pretty to eat!! And the plate, makes me want to swoon!!!I hope your doing well, and thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments and lovely e-mails Jessie, you always make my day!Have a beautiful weekend!Sincerely,Melinda

Beautiful looking cupcakes. I just watched a youtube tutorial on decorating cupcakes just like these. Did you use a 2D icing tip? I need to buy a tip and that is what they suggested. I love the look of yours.

Wow! these look absolutely delicious!I like the idea of adding rosewater to cake mix.I'm going to try this out and I have rosewater.. never thought about using it in a batter before. And your presentation is absolutely gorgeous... using the french transferware under the cloche or a glass of sparkling bubbly. Beautiful post!Thanks for your sweet note and following me. Your newest follower~Poppy

Well I love Pink and Roses, so your cupcakes spoke to me, gosh the frosting looks like a real rose, very unique.And I love the pink transferware plate. I love Heart Day also. Thanks for sharing!Happy Pink Day!marian elizabeth

I am really excited to try changing things up a bit with some Rosewater cupcakes! Love that little addition - so perfect for Valentines day (or in my world any day!). Pinning it to my Valentines Day board!Holly504 Main

These cupcakes are so adorable. We love cupcakes in our house. My 11 yr old daughter is a fanatic (she has a handful of clothing with pics of them). My 13 yr old daughter and I love to bake them. We'll have to try this.

oh silly me -- i thought i was having a brain freeze! i knew i had commented on these beauties and just could not for the life of me find my comment and here it was right on top! silly me!!! i know that these will pop up in my review SOON!!!! :) they are just toooooo gorgeous! hugs...

Hello dear friends & visitors! Thank you again for taking the time to drop by my page to leave me such sweet comments - it truly makes my day!!! I just want to let you all know that I will be posting a link with the recipes/tips for these cupcakes/frosting directly on this post. I was going to do it today, but I've been having issues with blogger! :( So hopefully I can get the link up by Monday, so stay tuned & check back in for that! :) Happy Sunday everyone!

Lovely and I just saw rose water at the store so now I want to pick some up! What tip did you use to get that pretty rose petal look? Would love for you to link this to my Craftastic Party that starts tonight:)

These are gorgeous - I LOVE cake, but these are so pretty, I don't know if I could eat them....I'd probably be able to talk myself into it, somehow. Thanks for stopping by my blog, I'm following you back - your blog is beautiful.

Gorgeous post!! I love it!! You have made me want to stop by Cupprimo and get my fav strawberry cupcake.I do hope you tell us how you did it! And I love your vintage French plate...too pretty!Thanks for sharing (and making us crave a cupcake!)..hope you had a wonderful weekend!-april

Wow! They look beautiful. I love the pale, delicate rose colored frosting. You are really a talented decorator. Thank you for sharing such a lovely Valentine cupcake idea on The Country Homemaker Hop! Have a great week.

This sweet creation is been featured today at Craftastic Monday’s link party (and on Sew Can Do’s Pinterest). Stop by & grab a Featured On button. Thanks for linking & can’t wait to see what you link up next:)

These are beautiful! Where I live, rosewater and orange flower water are very popular, I have a lot of experience with orange flower water but very little with rosewater. Your cupcakes make me want to give this a try! Maybe this will be my Valentine's treat. Thanks for posting!

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